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' H. L. GEE. MEANS FOR SUPPORTING HOUSINGS 0F GAR AXLE JOURNALS IN PEDESTALS.

No. 574,028. Patented Deo. 29, 1896.

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HORACE L. GEE, OF KINGSTON, NEl V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND TRUCK AND CAR GEAR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING HOUSINGS F CAR-AXLE JOURNALS IN PEDESTALS.

SPECIFICATlION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 574,028, dated December 29, 1896..

Application filed July 24, 1895. Serial No. 556,965- (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern: truck, which pedestal maybe made with any Be it known that I, HORACE L. GEE, a citipreferred form of construction. zen of the United States, residing at Kingston, 13 is the housing contained within the jawin the county of Ulsterand State of N ewYork, opening of the pedestal.

have invented certain new and useful Im- O is a journal of a car-wheel axle C, the

provements in Means for Supporting Houswheels of which are not shown. ings of Car-Axle Journals in Their Pedestals, D is the brass or box between said axleof which the following is a specification. journal and housing.

My invention relates to an improved means E is the load-supporting spring interposed 6o 10 for elasticallysupporting the housing of a bet-ween the pedestal and the upper side of journal of a car axle in a pedestal of a carthe housing B and seated in recessed seats truck; and it consists in the combination of provided in the lower side of the upper end elements and parts hereinafter described, and portion of the pedestaland in the upper side set forth in the claim. of said housing. 6 The primary objects of myinvention are to F is the upper frame member (section provide devices and elements and combinathere'ofshownlof a truck-frame, which memtions of the same whereby ahousing ofacarher is shown by full lines in Fig. 2 and by axle journal may be elastically supported full and dotted lines in Fig. 1, and is secured within its pedestal by two opposing or reactto the upper end flange or flanges of the ped- 7o ing springs of greaierlength when contracted estal by means of bolts or rivets.

and in service than heretofore could be em- F F are the lower frame members of the ployed with pedestals of vertical extension truckframe, secured to the lower ends of the heretofore used and by which the major-half limbs of the pedestal by means of suitable portions of the two opposing or reacting bolts or rivets. 7 5 2 5 springs most distant from the housing and G is a tension-spring, made preferably of supported within the pedestal may be reintempered coiled steel and having an outside forced against lateral movement resulting diameter of body about three inches or more heretofore from the endwise thrusts of the or less, as may be found to be advantageous housing by the action of the axle when in for giving thisspringsuch stiffness to its body 8o 0 running service and also against an excessive as may be required to render it strong to residewise pressure of the housing against the sist lateral strains which maybe imposed on inner sides of the limbs of the pedestal and it when in active service in a running-truck. thereby reducing the friction between the All of the above-mentioned parts are so housing and pedestal. well known as not to require any particular 3 5 Other objects and advantages of the invendescription, except as to some differences tion will appear in the following description which will be hereinafter specifically pointed and the novelfeatures thereof will be pointed out. out in the claim. His a recessed seat preferably integral with The invention is clearly illustrated in the the bottom 17 of thehousing B, which seat is o accompanying drawings, which, with the letbounded by a downwardly-projected wall b ters of reference marked thereon, form a part which is capable of receiving the upper end of this specification, and in whichportion of the tension-spring O to hold with Figure 1 is an elevation, part in section, the outer sides of the same, whether with or illustrating my invention. Fi 2 is a vertiwithout the head of a central guide-bolt be- 5 45 cal sectional view taken at line 1 in Fig. 1. tween, as may be preferred.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken at I is the tension-spring support, having inline 2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view tegral with it lugs I I, by means of which,

taken at line 3 in Fig. 1. together with bolts K and their nuts K this Like letters refer to like parts throughout spring-support may be rigidly secured to the loo the several views. lower ends of the limbs of the pedestal A.

In the drawings, A is a pedestal of a car- The drawings illustrate the new elements which are embodied and are integral with this tension-spring support, and they show it to be provided with a centrally-located springholding cup 2', having its bottom 11 below the plane of the lower sides of the lugs I I and forming a seat for the lower end of the said spring, while the side walls 6 serve as a reinforcing element for sustaining the spring in a vertical position and from deflection when in active service. It is also shown to be provided with a central perforation 2' calculated to receive the lower end portion of a central guide-bolt J, which may pass through the bore of the body of the tension-spring for stiffening the same when this invention is to be employed in trucks of cars intended to be run at high speed or on roads having heavy grades or sharp curves. This spring-support is also shown to be provided with abutments 2', calculated to have bearing against the side walls a a of the jaws of the pedestal and the tiepieces K K, secured to the lower ends of the members or horns of the pedestal for preventing said spring-support shifting in any direction. l

J is a central guide-bolt provided with a broad head j, which latter is seated in the recessed seat ll, formed with the housing B, while its body passes through the bore of the tension-spring G and its lower end portion through the central perforation i of the spring-supgort I. In some cases this guidebolt may be omitted, if preferred, yet in most cases I prefer to employ it for supplementing the reinforcing element of the side walls 1' of the spring-receiving cup of said springsupport.

K K are tie-pieces secured by their ends by means of bolts It to the lower ends of the horns of the pedestal for securely holding the said horns of the pedestal from spreading when the truck of which it forms a part is loaded. This tension-spring G and its supporting-piece I may be modified in their form, as may be found to be advantageous for embodying this spring in trucks of cars for elastically supporting the housing within the pedestals of the truck, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

hen the truck (not shown) embodying tension-springs G, as above described, is in active service, these springs react against the load-bearing springs E and impose on each such a degree of tension as to cause them to carry the load, whether light or heavy, without jolt-ing or sudden shocks or vibrations, as heretofore attending trucks of old 0011- struction, while at the same time the endwise thrusts of the car-axles of the truck will be opposed by the elastic elements derived from the use of these tension-springs, as above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The combination with ahousing, of an aXlejournal, contained within a pedestal of a cartruck, and a load-supporting spring interposed between the pedestal and said housing and having its end portions seated in recessed seats provided respectively with the pedestal and housing, of a recessed seat integral with the lower side of said housing, a spring-support secured to the lower ends of the horns of the pedestal, and provided with a springreceiving cup-form seat, and a central perforation in the bottom of said seat, of a tensionspring held under tension and contracted be tween said housing and spring-support, and the central guide-bolt having its head end within the lower side seat of the housing, and its body portion working in the central bore of the tension-sprin g with its lower end working through the central .perforation in the seat of the springsupport, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

HORACE L. GEE. \Vituesses:

ALEX. SELKIRK, Gno. O. PRESTON. 

